MLCC Shortage: When You Can’t Find The Cap You Need

RE: MLCC Shortage: When You Can’t Find The Cap You Need

shabaz — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:12:36 GMT

It's so extreme right now, I'm having difficulty finding small quantities of RF ceramic caps too : (

I had to order a small quantity from overseas, just three values in a qty of 10, and a few minor other passives (less than a dozen resistors), for £100GBP : ( And I had to guess those capacitor values, since I want to try them out in a circuit to see what works.So I have three attempts : ) A fourth guess would have been nice, but at approx £25 a guess it's pretty bad.. The current market situation is awful for designing stuff : (

Also I'm going to have to be super-careful with the tweezers.. can't risk more than a few caps to be mishandled and go pinging through the air : )

RE: MLCC Shortage: When You Can’t Find The Cap You Need

jw0752 — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 02:21:12 GMT

This is a great way to get engineers to think outside the box and consider your product. I enjoyed the background information too.

John

RE: MLCC Shortage: When You Can’t Find The Cap You Need

shabaz — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:58:08 GMT

Very useful blog post!

Quite astonishing how hard it's getting to obtain MLCC in a short timeframe..